Where does “fremd” come from?

fremd (German) comes from Middle High German vremde, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-West Germanic framiþī, from Proto-Germanic framaþiz, from Swedish fram, from Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic fram, from Proto-Germanic framaz — passed , crossed.

fremd (German): strange; foreign; external

Definitions

  1. strange; foreign; external

Ancestry of “fremd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvremdestranger, foreigner; strange, foreign
2Old High Germanfremidi—
3Proto-West Germanicframiþīforeign, strange
4Proto-Germanicframaþizforeign, alien, strange
5Swedishframforward, in front
6Old Norseframforward, forth
7Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
8Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
9Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “fremd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →